Goldman Sachs profit surges as bond trading picks up


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A Goldman Sachs sign is seen above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in the Manhattan borough of New York January 24, 2014.


Net income attributable to common shareholders rose to $2.14 billion, or $4.57 per share, in the three months ended Sept. 30 from $1.43 billion, or $2.88 per share, a year earlier.


Analysts on average had expected earnings of $3.21 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. It was not immediately clear whether the reported figure was comparable.


Revenue from the bank's fixed income, currency and commodities business jumped 74 percent to $2.17 billion.


(Reporting by Tanya Agrawal and Lauren Tara LaCapra; Editing by Ted Kerr)


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